摘要：The new conditions of international security don’t only attach importance to
sovereignty and interstate relations. This new framework has led to changes in
the scope and requirements for Politics of Defense. Countries of the Southern
Cone seek to establish new parameters in the definition of their policies, but
need to define between dissuasive policies, as in the past, or establish
mechanisms for cooperation with their neighbors. Furthermore, these policies, by
their nature and size, are not exclusively militaries. The purpose of this
article is to examine the definitions constraints on strategic deterrence and
cooperation in international security, and identify the degree of autonomy and
the nature of the concepts derived from the armed forces in shaping Politics of
Defense. Finally, we try to check the level of civil policy direction in
defining those policies.
关键词：Southern Cone. Politics of Defense. Deterrence and cooperation.
